Love to laugh? NYC's club comedians at Cove Haven

Friday

Mar 12, 2010 at 12:01 AM

Cove Haven Entertainment Resorts may be the place to go for love, but they are also a great place to go for laughs. New York's Funniest Comedy Club Comedians will make the rounds at Cove Haven, Paradise Stream and Pocono Palace on Friday and Saturday nights. And locals can attend, as well as resort guests.

MELANIE VANDERVEER

Cove Haven Entertainment Resorts may be the place to go for love, but they are also a great place to go for laughs.

New York's Funniest Comedy Club Comedians will make the rounds at Cove Haven, Paradise Stream and Pocono Palace on Friday and Saturday nights. And locals can attend, as well as resort guests.

"We've been doing a series of shows for a year now," said Steve Marshall, comedian and host of the shows. "We bring a different group of comedians to each show. I host the shows and break the ice."

Friday's comedy show will be held at Paradise Stream and will feature Marshall, Carol Montgomery, Jeff Pirrami and John Pizzi. Saturday offers two shows: one at Pocono Palace with host Joseph Anthony, Vic DiBitetto, Dennis Donohue and Debbie Kaspar; and the other at Cove Haven with Marshall, Montgomery, Pirrami and Frankie Pace.

While the resorts may be couples only, don't expect a rated R show.

"We seem to have found a formula that works. It's a more down to earth, friendly and edgy humor," Marshall said. "Since it's a couples resort, a lot of my humor is in that direction, but it isn't really a rated-R show."

Marshall has been in the comedy world for about 25 years. But this isn't what he thought he would be doing when he went to college.

"I have a degree in accounting because I listened to my parents and behaved," Marshall said. "But I decided it wasn't for me and became a comedian and started to speak my mind."

Pirrami has been a comedian for about 20 years, and he's performed at Cove Haven nearly 10 times now.

"I've been busy on the road performing in Atlantic City, Las Vegas and other places," he said. "I'll be back at Cove Haven again in April."

Pirrami said each comedian performs for about 20 minutes, and his show is rated R, because couples seem to like that.

"I hope resort guests take a break from all the love and come to the show," he said. "They usually come out of their rooms about 10 minutes before show time."

Marshall said the show is a lot of fun. He hosts five or six shows a year at the Cove Haven resorts. He's happy to perform to a big crowd — resort guests and locals.

"The people that live in the Poconos come to the shows also. The arenas are pretty big, so there's a huge amount of people," Marshall said. "It's been a lot of fun. I'm just a knucklehead guy that misbehaves. I make fun of what I love."